Wallace, David (2012) The Arrow of Time in Physics. [Preprint]
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Abstract
I provide a self-contained introduction to the problem of the arrow of time in physics, concentrating on the irreversibility of dynamical processes as described in statistical mechanics.
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| Additional Information: | (This is an invited contribution, to appear in the Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Time.) |
| Keywords: | Time, Statistical Mechanics, Irreversibility |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics |
| Depositing User: | David Wallace |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2012 19:38 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2012 19:38 |
| Item ID: | 9192 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9192 |
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